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The establishment of Special Educational Institutions in Tirunelveli District was an important milestone in the history of Madras Presidency. The British administration in the Madras Presidency was marked by a significant change both in cultural and educational life of the people. The Christian Missionaries gave an opportunity only to the orthopedically handicapped in ordinary schools. But the disabled like blind and deaf-mute were incapable of getting education in ordinary schools. So, they realized the actual difficulties of educating blind and deaf-mute. Subsequently, Miss Annie Jane Asqwith initiate to educate the vulnerable disabled people without any prior experience with the disabled. Now, it develop into not only the pioneer institution but also it cause for the formation of separate department for disabled under the able guidance of Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Aim and objective of this research is to enlighten the readers to know the genesis and its development through the ages in Madras Presidency (at Present Tamil Nadu) during the last decade of 19th and 20th Century and analyze the challenges before the founder, how do they overcome the difficulties and shown the seed for the present development for understanding the historical background of Department of Differently Abled in Tamil Nadu.